€1,100 Main Event Day 1a | 2020 Unibet Open Dublin

02-27-2020 19:54 UTC

Registration is Closed for Day 1a

Lyle Bateman

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

The dinner break has just concluded, and the remaining 48 players are back at the felt for the start of Level 7. That also means registration is now closed on Day 1a of the Main Event, so the final total for Day 1a was 83.

Play continues for another four levels before they bag up for the night. There's one more 20 minute break between Level 8 and 9, and the day is scheduled to end around midnight tonight.

Meanwhile, across the room the NLH Turbo is still playing down to a winner, with 13 of the original 55 entries still in play. Seven players will share in the €8,250 prize pool with €2,790 up top for first place. Alongside the NLH Turbo, another satellite for the Main Event has just entered Level 2 and there are currently 38 total entries with 37 players sitting with chips in front of them.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

02-27-2020 19:46 UTC

Tarek Qunber is the High Roller Champion

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

The High Roller event is now in the books. The final three players, including Niall Farrell, agreed to a deal after Max Silver went out in fourth place. Tarek Qunber was the eventual champion to lift the trophy. Below are the full payouts from the High Roller.

Place	Player	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Tarek Qunber	Ireland	€11,170
2	Niall Farrell	United Kingdom	€10,000
3	Robbie Toan	Ireland	€10,000
4	Max Silver	United Kingdom	€4,830

Tags: Max Silver Niall Farrell Robbie Toan Tarek Qunber

02-27-2020 19:28 UTC

Chips for Dinner (full)

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Here is a full list of players still in Day 1a as of the dinner break. There is still about 20 minutes left to buy into the starting flight, and currently, there have been 83 entries with 48 stacks still in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hanaphy	140,000 29,000	29,000
Andy Black	106,000 35,000	35,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	96,000 66,000	66,000

Alexandre Reard	95,000 65,000	65,000

Robbie McCormack	90,000
John Gough	87,000 -33,000	-33,000
Nicholas Newport	87,000
Mark Muldoon	82,000
Antti Salmela	80,000
Dex de Jong	67,000 1,000	1,000
Kajetan Orecki	67,000
Sulaiman Sesay	65,000 43,000	43,000
Micha Kulesza	63,000 -17,000	-17,000
Toni Englund	62,000 15,000	15,000
Tomas Geleziunas	60,000 34,000	34,000
Cristian Coman	59,000
Alex Kulev	59,000 -1,000	-1,000

Michael Muldoon	59,000 -5,000	-5,000
Stephen Kavanagh	58,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	58,000 6,000	6,000
Alex Hendriks	57,000
Pasi Kakkonen	55,000 19,000	19,000
Domantas Klimciauskas	55,000
Max Silver	50,000 25,000	25,000

Tim Farrelly	50,000 -25,000	-25,000

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02-27-2020 18:45 UTC

Dinner Time

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Six levels of play are in the books, and players have left for their 60 minute dinner break. When action resumes in Level 7 with blinds at 400/800/800, registration will be closed for Day 1a.

There's still two more chances to get into the Main though, with another regular flight starting Friday at noon, and a turbo Day 1c flight on Friday night starting at 9PM.

02-27-2020 18:25 UTC

Kulesza Wins the Race

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Tom Veenhuysen opened the betting to 1,200 from the middle, and Micha Kulesza came over top to 3,600 from the cutoff. It folded back to Veenhuysen, who shoved for 21,400.

Kulesza quickly made the call with the bigger stack, and his was racing against the for Veenhuysen. Kulesza hit on the flop, and there was no help for Veenhuysen on the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Micha Kulesza	80,000 20,000	20,000
Tom Veenhuysen	Busted

Tags: Micha Kulesza Tom Veenhuysen

02-27-2020 18:01 UTC

Preflop Aggression Gets it Done for Gough

Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Pasi Kakkonen was in late middle position, and he raised to 1,400. John Gough came over top from the cutoff to make it 4,000.

It folded back to Kakkonen and he took a few seconds to count out a four-bet to 11,200. Gough didn't take long to shove his stack, which covered Kakkonen by quite a bit.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Gough	120,000 57,000	57,000
Pasi Kakkonen	36,000 36,000	36,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

02-27-2020 17:43 UTC

Silver Shoves for the Win

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Max Silver opened from the hijack with a raise to 1,100. Frederik Andersson called from the cutoff before Alex Kulev made it 4,600 to go in the small blind.

It folded back to Silver, and he shoved for about 16,000, pushing the other two players out of the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	60,000 -13,000	-13,000

Max Silver	25,000 -5,000	-5,000

Frederik Andersson	17,000 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Frederik Andersson Max Silver

02-27-2020 17:26 UTC

Top Ten Stacks, and a New Name

Lyle Bateman

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Max Silver (pictured in High Roller event)

Here's a look at the top ten stacks currently after Level 4. John Hanaphy is the first player over 100,000 in chips, and Andy Black is still playing a good stack as well.

Additionally, after finishing fourth in the High Roller, Max Silver decided to jump into Day 1a of the Main.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hanaphy	111,000 81,000	81,000
Tim Farrelly	75,000
Alex Kulev	73,000 17,000	17,000

Andy Black	71,000 1,000	1,000
Antii Salmela	71,000
Dex de Jong	66,000 28,000	28,000
Michael Muldoon	64,000 30,000	30,000
John Gough	63,000 12,000	12,000
Micha Kulesza	60,000
Leon Mihai Ani	57,000
Max Silver	30,000

Tags: Andy Black John Hanaphy Max Silver